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The Passing Out ceremony of 323 Rescuers including 269 rescuers from Baluchistan 54 from Punjab by following the Corona SOPs held here on Saturday at Emergency Services Academy.
The specialized training have been imparted to passed out rescuers to immediately send to the field to help the Corona patients. Mr Zia Ullah Langove Home Minister and Tribal Affairs & PDMA Baluchistan represented Chief Minister Baluchistan whereas; Dr. Rubaba Buledi Advisor to CM Baluchistan on Health, Irfan Ahmad Awan Member Board of Directors PPHI Balochistan, Aziz Ahmad Jamali CEO PPHI /MERC and other senior officers from Punjab & Baluchistan, rescuers, and their families were restricted due to covid-19 who attended the ceremony.
Dr. Rizwan Naseer took oath from passed out rescuers congratulated them on their successful completion of professional training and becoming part of Rescue family. He said that Rescue Service Punjab started from District Lahore in 2004 now available in all districts of Punjab.
This Service has rescued over 9.2 million victims of emergencies and disaster. The Government of the Punjab through Rescue Service is providing training to emergency personnel and technical assistance to other provinces to replicate this lifesaving model of the Emergency Service in their respective provinces. Furthermore, Emergency Services Academy has trained 20494 Rescuers for Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Baluchistan and Aman Foundation from Karachi and Search and Rescue Team of Academy has become the first United Nations INSARAG certified team in South Asia.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Zia Ullah Langove Home Minister Baluchistan congratulated passed out rescuers and said that the Rescuers are the real heroes across the world and as well as a pride for all of us. “Every human life is precious and its protection is foremost priority and responsibility of their government,” He appreciated the services of Director General Punjab Emergency Service Dr. Rizwan Naseer & Punjab Rescue Service and training standards of Emergency Services Academy.
He thanked to Government of Punjab and DG Rescue and Registrar Academy for providing all support for training of Baluchistan Rescuers, which will be a great contribution towards new initiative for giving basic right of emergency care to citizens of the province of Baluchistan.
He further ensured that government of Baluchistan will try to follow footsteps of Punjab Emergency Service to establish a comprehensive emergency management system in Baluchistan and in this regard, we are expecting the support from Government of Punjab through Emergency Services Academy for training of Baluchistan Rescuers.
Dr. Rubaba Buledi Advisor to CM Baluchistan on Health thanked Punjab Government and Emergency Services Academy for supporting Government of Baluchistan for establishment of Medical Emergency Response Center to provide help in case of any emergency. She appreciated the participation of female rescuers in the Service and wished to send a batch of female from Baluchistan.
Aziz Ahmad Jamali CEO People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) Baluchistan said we conducted a survey, which showed that most of the road crashes are occurring on main highways so Government of Baluchistan started Medical Emergency Response Centers and third batch has passed out today. Uptil now over 14000 victims of road crashes have been rescued through emergency personnel. This would have not been possible without support of Government of Punjab and Emergency services Academy.
Earlier, the passing out cadets demonstrated their professional skills of emergency management during mock exercises of deep well rescue, water rescue, firefighting, urban search and rescue, rescue from confined spaces & rescue from height. The specialized Call Taker and Emergency Dispatcher (CT&ED) training in the field of Communication, along with Basic medical fire and rescue training imparted to the rescuers.
At the end, Home Minister Baluchistan along with DG Rescue Punjab presented best performance awards and certificates among highest achievers of the course in field of Fire, Medical and Rescue.
